'Urban Fabric' by four o nine

URBAN FABRIC, created by design duo four o nine, is a series of area rugs inspired by the man made patterns inscribed upon the Earth's surface through the development of our agriculture, infrastructure and architecture.

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'Shiro Kuramata - Design as Poetry' an exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum

Bern

Shiro Kuramata (1934-1991) was one of the most influential Japanese designers of the 20th century. His unique approach married the traditional Japanese design aesthetic with Western design princi- ples of Postmodernism.

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Villa Anemolia by MPLUSM Architects

A Guesthouse in Santorini

Santorini

Grecian Architect firm MPLUSM have recently completed Villa Anemolia, a guesthouse in Megalochori, an introverted and quiet village in Santorini.

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VAPOR by Pieke Bergmans

A highlight from the Dutch Design Week, Vapor II explores the most common of materials through the rediscovery and re-interpretation of an ancient technique. Amsterdam designer Pieke Bergmans delivered plastic lighting installations shaped through a technique similar to glass blowing, suggesting the landmark for further developments.

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'CUTLINE' by Alessandro Busana for Smooth Plane

storage cabinets

Alessandro Busana graduated in industrial design in 1999 from Scuola Italiana Design, and went on to found hOle designstudio”, a research and concept development agency that creates products for companies like Normann Copenhagen, Pedrali, Roche Bobois, Plust collection, and Smooth Plane.

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'Les Lalanne: The Poetry of Sculpture' at Sotheby's S|2

31 October - 22 November '13

New York

Sotheby’s presents Les Lalanne: The Poetry of Sculpture, a selling exhibition featuring works by Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, curated by Paul Kasmin and Michael Shvo, in the New York S|2 private sales gallery from 31 October through 22 November 2013.

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'Spaces In Between' curated by Aldo Bakker for Libby Sellers

15 October- 14 December '13

London

Gallery Libby Sellers is showing Spaces In Between - a group show curated by the award-winning designer Aldo Bakker.

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Oro Negro HQ by LEGORRETA SEPULVEDA arquitectos / BLANCASMORAN

Mexico City

Oro Negro (black oil) is the new HQ offices of an important oil company located in Mexico DF. After working for several years with Herzog & de Meuron Abel Blancas set up his own studio in Mexico City in 2011 and ON HQ is his first completed work.

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'Business playground' Mathieu Lehanneur for Pullman

"Work Hard, Play Hard"

Mathieu Lehanneur and Pullman reinvents meetings with the “Business Playground” room as a perfect illustration of the “blurring” of private and professional life. This room reflects the brand’s “Work hard, Play hard” motto as well as its guests’ lifestyle.

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